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1% vas rmqai?od bbd w maslst the AM in tho aoadud of thb first s of testl of Aoaie weqa!i$ mriag th maatba of April mad Mu, livtmg faatli$ios foe ths loiamtifia group mad for $roopa. Iastmllmt for ltormga mod vork dope; mf%u rqmirs, of oauroa, SOMQaquipr romltod from thoac lffertsg BEST COPY AVAILABLE Zt vas nouwmmry to reymir air strip- to pormlt UM laadiag 0?
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/ for -l water oroft had to be jrovided, olthough ougs hod ta be ‘;‘:/ off-loaded om ltghtors from the tranoport ohips. Ooast~tion of the aotual testing ground iavol~od epeoiol oonstrUotioa for tho plaoemeat of VarioU*eoieatlfio inotrtmentc ond Thooo$octsl@ no khehlp to tko Bikini teots, the prpeme of whioh was mind & aarina life. In the words of the dlrootive given to the determine Otho lffoote of atmio lxplooivee agminet nwol voooelo iB order,, to qqmieo tho strat~io iqliostlons of domio bo9bo lnol~i~ tho reenlts on -vA design oad taotiae. fi We did mot oondnot tho pootponed undomtor test Charlie. laboratory toots, dooigned to detersinohov the kbenowuder devol~ont Wtho Vnited8tates would work and to detersine their effiolenq. Uodid Just that. MOgot oar anowerc. We liked the anowors, fheso onewero beloag to thollaited Ststoe oovernaent and, naturelu, oreaot forpubll- -tlow It oao bo osid, howover, that the bombs worked. We hwe proved the veqmtiweb~oat work dono by the Loo Alemoe 8oiontiflo Laboratory durina tho pact two ~eum. Thi l job whiok we kovo Juet oomplet ed was begua on 3 April 194? vhen the Oenersl Mvioo~ Uo-ittee of the Atoaio her= Coenismlon ooncurrod in the rooomaondmtlon of tho &o fiuo6 Saiontiflo &boratory thatteeto of oertala new doeigno of wespone bo oonduo~ed in 1$)46. The Oommloelon requoeted ad roooived theProvident It spprovsl to go ehe~ with the progroa in June, 1947.
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b Soptambar, 1947, proparatiom M progroomd to CM pointwhore foradloa of l Joint 7ak Teroo was diroatod. Joist faok~oroa Sorau was aa additivad .lomnt. As a part of the orsasivattoa v. U 4 Task 6rowp whtoh me lSOOXMAIY Mvillaa in aakovp. this was tbo Sobatifia (h’oup vhioh coaduotod the aomal toots aad whiok rooordad aad iB still aa4Ysia& the rooalts. Captaia lhmaoll, who is DOBQWDiroaCor of tho Diwla%on of Military Applloatioa of the AM, hoadad U@ TaskOTOWao Proviag Ormad, hodad tho Taok Ualt of *oiaJti*bo within the %aokMoqN tha MO. ?hlc SSok Oroup, by oomaoa ooaaoat, 6M mot work tbrougb my thus orgoais9d, um the mltinto in $atogratod 92 fort aad embodied our presoat-day eonoopt @f ipropuwdaos-this1s tho oonmpt we w. ourroatly taaohlag lt tho t Satioaal War OolloUO--tho iatwratod lffort of the Ar80d ?oreos witk It is l tributoto tha *oiaatisto who woro lab.m of the that theOparatlon was ouooomhl. Tha alxiag of oivilti aad
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Shval Uaita of tha Joist Tbok Yoros VW* oommdod $y Boar A&ir8X
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sotoaUfia Laboratory lt saw )ldoo, aad w othar puts of tha omutm, oivllian qlo?ooa from tho different Serwioss mnd utvilias working
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. . under oon$rmt. Gon*quenUy, upon arrival OS tho sala body of the faak ?oreo, ths saiontlflo group uaa lblo to eomeno. i$a preparatloas hmdlatdy. Durlsig thopmiofl of oonstnaotion and prepsrdloa for the te8t8 aoaa froa *IM addend and froo Oabuto “the teat U* SOBS Of thim m, ehippod Fael.flo Alr Oogand; the Paoiflo Dlwlmion, Air Transpert C~; end the Maval &ir Tranoport Servioe. We deo W the ssrvioes of the We@tern Oooan aad lt Peul Barber; and the 8aa Pranoi- and Seattle Ports ef Embarkation. The ovemllj ltre~bh ef the Joint Task ?oroe was approxlmat lly 9,800, Obeemem of the tcotsver;i llmitod in the lxtrme, daeo lt was the view of all wenoios thatonly those who had actual nead for the koowledge shonld at ta8& T&so observers tmluded preonml of tho Joint Coo@remional Uoaalttee for Atoalo Energy & lta mtaff,the AM and tho tied ?oroesc so other observers were permitted. ZO am q, lldo from the value of tha tocta themolwee, the operation ns oae of groa$ profit to the Araod Yorook .* operatloa8 vm galnatbtraifilng alaoet impossible to get in pcaaetlsa, & ,“: generally, all too llnlted to moat mabero of tho lilitary servioea. !!noh .,. <. experhutoe is invamble in fosteri~ lntogratlon within th. Senioes, .-.
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fiaiohod,w. will Oadomvor 90 maowor mob I@oetloas 89 you mmyb4v* in mlad fnoofu m uo 0s0 60 00. Yau rod:=., of oowroo, that awh of th Ad oad tb Xopleaago &et mad aomo of um to at %iborty to amo.r quo atlono , portobiag to tho tochaiooi aspooh of tho tosta or theirroautti .,,